Court-appointed attorney Bryan Sherer, left, speaks to his client David Hieb in the Wayne County 3rd Circuit Courtroom of Judge Edward Ewell Jr. on Wednesday.

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Elisha Anderson
Detroit Free Press Staff Writer

A Wayne County Circuit Court judge told a man who has a record of embezzlement that he could face time behind bars in his latest case.

Judge Edward Ewell Jr. declined to accept a plea Wednesday that called for David Hieb to be sentenced to five years of probation, unless Hieb pays restitution before a trial set for Jan. 6. Currently, he owes more than $80,000 in the case.

Ewell pointed to Hieb's record, which court documents show includes embezzlement convictions in Oakland County Circuit Court in 1988, when explaining his decision at the Frank Murphy Hall of Justice in Detroit. ...